Knowledge Organiser 
                Year Group       Subject                         Topic 
                5                English                         Return – Aaron Becker 
          The Big Picture 
           
          This half-term year 5 are focusing on a wordless text. The focus being to hone in on their inference skills using 
          visual evidence. The book the children are examining is Return by Aaron Becker. The following is a brief synopsis 
          “Failing to get the attention of her busy father, a lonely girl turns back to a fantastic world for friendship and 
          adventure. It’s her third journey into the enticing realm of kings and emperors, castles and canals, exotic 
          creatures and enchanting landscapes. This time, it will take something truly powerful to persuade her to return 
          home, as a gripping backstory is revealed that will hold readers in its thrall.  
           
           
          Enquiry Question 
          What is a genre? 
          What is a wordless text? 
          How can we infer meaning from pictures? 
          Can we relate to others feelings? 
          How can we use colour to extract meaning? 
          What do facial expression tell us about how someone is feeling? 
                
         Key Vocabulary 
         Adjectives             Words used to 
                                describe a character or            Key Skills 
                                object.                                          Using images to make predictions 
         Adverbs                Words used to                      Analysis      about what will happen next in a 
                                describe an action.                              story. Looking at sentence structure 
         Character              The people whom the                              and language used by the author to 
                                story is about.                                  help provide clues about character. 
         Edit                   Make changes to your                             Using paragraphs correctly 
                                story in order to                  Correct       when writing an extended piece 
                                improve it.                        Layout        of work. 
         Grammar                The way words can be               Formal        To use standard English instead 
                                used to structure a                Writing       of slang or informal language. 
                                sentence correctly.                 
         Main Clause            A clause that forms a              Inference     To be able to “read between the 
                                complete sentence on                             lines” of the story. 
                                its own.                           Reasoning     To be able to justify opinions 
         Metaphor               A figure of speech that                          about the story using evidence 
                                makes one object take                            from the text. 
                                the place of another               Sentence      To be able to use correct 
                                that it is being                   Structure     grammar, spelling and 
                                compared to.                                     punctuation. To be able to write 
         Mystery                A genre of writing that                          using the correct tense. 
                                is exciting and full of            Upleveling    To be able to improve the words 
                                suspense.                          vocabulary    used to describe and explain in 
                                                                                 the story. 
           Personification             When an inanimate                      Resources 
                                       object is given human                  Thesaurus                 A book of reference which 
                                       characteristics.                                                 provides alternative words. 
           Prediction                  Guessing the outcome                   Dictionary                A book of reference used to 
                                       of the story using                                               check spellings. 
                                       evidence from the text.                                          A glossary of words given to 
           Punctuation                 Symbols used to make                   Word Mat                  each child to help them with 
                                       a sentence                                                       description or sentence 
                                       grammatically correct                                            structure. 
                                       e.g full stops and                                               An activity led by the class 
                                       commas.                                Brainstorming             teacher to collect ideas from 
           Relative Clause             A specific type of                                               the entire class.  
                                       subordinate clause that             
                                       adapts, describes or            
                                       modifies a noun. 
           Rhetorical Question         A question that doesn’t         
                                       require an answer but 
                                       prompts the reader to                
                                       think about the                 
                                       situation. 
           Setting                     Where a story is based.         
           Similes                     A figure of speech that 
                                       compares one object             
                                       with another.                   
           Subordinate Clause          A clause that doesn’t 
                                       make sense on its own.          
           Suspense                    A state of excitement 
                                       or anxiety about what           
                                       might happen.                   
           Visual Literature           A book that uses 
                                       pictures to tell a story.